Self-confidence

Hey! How do you prevent lowered self-confidence when you practice routinely with someone that pretty much cleans your clock, but yet you beat practically everyone else in the entire area? What do you do to prevent from getting "down" when the only person you really want to beat is the one you are losing to? Thanks! :wink:

I don't think anyone can really give u a good piece of advice on this. All i know is that confidence in your game is something that only you can make happen.

When i play, i start confident. Play your game and stay confident. In order to stay confident however, you just have to start believing that you can beat that guy. Hit several winners, fewer unforced errors, and gain enough confidence to beat the other person. Just don't be overconfident and you have to want to play. When you have no will to play, even doubt if you want to play this guy, then you will lose.

I usually can play tough for 2 sets before losing it against someone a level higher than me. So I just don't play them more than 2 sets or I will lose focus and my happiness. It's still good to play someone a level up, so that you can learn what it takes to win points at that level.